Tailor s measure



(No Model.)

G. HARTUNG.

/ TAILORS MEASURE. No. 245,717. Patented Aug. 16,1881..

UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HARTUNG, OF ENON VALLEY, PENNSYLVANIA.

TAILO RS MEASURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,717, dated August 16, 1881.

Application filed April 21, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES HARTUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Enon Valley, in the county of Lawrence and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Taking Measures; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for taking measures of persons, by which the material that is to be madeinto coats or vests, when spread out on a table, can be cut to make it exactly fitting; and it consists of a series of pieces movably connected at right angles, the adjustment of which is indicated by a plumb-line on one of the said pieces, as will hereinafter be more fully described.

The accompanying drawings represent my invention. Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations, and Fig. 3 is a perspective.

This device or instrument for measuring the form of a person consists of three narrow strips or pieces of wood, a, b c, and a strip of metal, f, all connected at right angles with each other. The vertical piece a has at its upper end a rectangular loop, at, in which slides the piece I) at a right angle on top of the former. On the outside of the piece a, and attached near its upper end, is a plumb-line, d, that reaches to the lower extremity of a, where the plumb p freely swings. By this plumb line it is ascertained when the piece I) is in a horizontal position. The piece I), sliding in the loop a, can be shortened or lengthened withoutohange of angle.

At the farther end of the piece b is the loop m, in which a third piece, 0, slides on a horizontal line with the piece I), and at a rightangl e. At about the middle, at the inside of the piece 0, is secured a metal plate, 6, and enough is cut away of the wood to admit a metal strip, f, between the plate and the wood to slide vertically up or down.

The method of measuring with this device is as follows: First close the coat and then place the piece a under the arm; see, by sliding the piece a to one side or another, that the plumb-lineis on the center of the back and indicates its perpendicularity; then advance or retire the piece 0 until the vertical stri p f touches the shoulder where the arm joins. If properly held the stripf will now be vertical, like the plumb-line, on the hack, and being of alength to reach down to the hip of the person it shows all the points of the form, whether projecting or receding, on a vertical line.' This lineis to be slightly marked, as also the point where the stripftouches the shoulder, and also the point of the upper end of the piece a. From this line and the given points all measurements are made, either horizontally or vertically, which, if transferred to the cloth, will exactly indicate how to out to obtain a perfectly-fitting garment.

By means of measuring at right angles it is much easier to ascertain and to transfer to the pattern the distance from one point to another than by the methods now in use; and my experience in cutting teaches that the ruleslaid down fail to give reliable information for measuring and fitting the balance ofthe coat iu the waist on a perpendicular line under the shoulder, which is ot' great importance in the cutting of a coat.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a tailors measure which is to he held in the hand while being applied to the person being measured, the combination of the hack piece, a, which extends up the back, the crosspiecc b, adjustably attached to the top of the piece a, the piece 0, which extends horizontally under the arm, and which is adjustably attached to the end of the part I), and the vertically-adjustable stripf, which extends along up the side, and which is attached to the piece a, substantially as shown.

2. In a tailors measure, the combination of the pieces a I) 0, adj ustably connected together at right angles to each other, with the stripf, and plumb-line 1), attached to the part a, substantially as set forth.-

CHARLES HARTUNG. Witnesses:

LOUIS MOESER, T. F. LEHMANN. 

